Fortunatus

Fortunatus is a Latin word meaning "happy, lucky, rich, blessed". A masculine given name, it can refer to:

Saints

 * Fortunatus the Apostle, one of the 70 Disciples of Jesus Christ, companion of Achaicus of Corinth
 * Fortunatus (1st century), martyred with Orontius and Justus
 * Fortunatus (died c. 70), a deacon martyred with Hermagoras of Aquileia
 * Fortunatus (died 212), martyred with SS Felix and Achilleus
 * Fortunatus of Casei (died 286), a martyr
 * Fortunatus (died 303), a deacon martyred with SS Felix of Thibiuca, Audactus, Januarius, and Septimus
 * Fortunatus of Naples, 4th century bishop of Naples
 * Fortunatus of Spoleto (died 400), a priest near Montefalco
 * Fortunatus of Todi (died 537), bishop of Todi
 * Venantius Fortunatus (died in the early 7th century), a poet and bishop of Poitiers

Other

 * Fortunatus Dwarris (1786–1860), English lawyer and author
 * Fortunatus Hueber (1639–1706), German Franciscan historian and theologian
 * Fortunatus M. Lukanima (1940–2014), Roman Catholic bishop
 * Fortunatus Nwachukwu (born 1960), Roman Catholic apostolic nuncio to various Caribbean nations
 * Fortunatus Wright (1712–1757), English privateer
 * Emerich Szerencsés (died 1526), known as Fortunatus, deputy treasurer of the Kingdom of Hungary and a Jewish convert to Christianity
 * Heinrich Glücksmann (1864–1947), Moravian-born Austrian author who used the pseudonym Fortunatus

Fictional characters

 * the protagonist of Fortunatus, a German proto-novel or chapbook about a legendary hero popular in 15th- and 16th-century Europe
 * the protagonist of Old Fortunatus, a 1599 play by Thomas Dekker
 * a character in "King Fortunatus's Golden Wig", a French fairy tale